Aoi Maeda
Richmond,IN
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Teaching Assistant, Japanese Department
Earlham College
08.2025 - Current
- Assisted professors as they taught the course in introductory Japanese language courses.
- Assisted students learn Japanese during class, 2 classes per week, and 2 out-of-class office hours by answering their questions, giving them advice, and encouraging them.
- Learned how to assist a person’s learning process by identifying their goals, obstacles, achievements, and giving effective advice or feedback for each of them.
Assistant Archivist
Earlham College Lilly Library Friends Collection and College Archives
08.2022 - Current
- Uploaded the record of the alumni of Earlham College that was kept in paper form to an online portal.
- Assisted patrons in their research by looking for the books they needed, checking in and out the books, and organizing the collection.
- Researched the history of Earlham College to present the results in a history walking tour at a school event.
- Gained research skills, presentation skills, communication skills, and skills to organize books and records.
Research Assistant, Engineering Department
Earlham College
05.2025 - 07.2025
- Operated a project to convert gendered bathrooms in the science complex building in Earlham College into a gender neutral one.
- Drew a floor sketch of the current bathroom using a computer-aided design software to identify the problems with it.
- Built a scale model for both current and prospective bathrooms to visualize the change that is required to solve the problems.
- Researched the Americans with Disabilities Act standards on bathrooms, and the building codes of the county, state, and the Federal government to make sure that the bathrooms are accessible and compliant with the laws.
- Discussed what is needed to make the gender-neutral bathroom a comfortable space.
- Presented the new bathroom designs to the science division faculty members, and then to the whole school in a faculty meeting, and the school exposition, respectively.
- Gained skills to think in an interdisciplinary way between social issues and engineering to achieve that, and earned hands-on experience to utilize knowledge on social issues regarding gender in making real-life scenes
Teaching Assistant
Tomoni (PLUS.BEYOND Co., Ltd.)
03.2024 - 04.2025
- Assisted teachers and students (about 3 to 4 students per class) in an online course for children that focuses not only on English language skills, but also on life skills such as communication, presentation, and finances.
- Prepared slides using Canva for classes and events.
- Gave feedback to the students after each class, alongside materials to review what they learned that day
- Learned how to use software for online courses, workplace communication, and class preparation
- Learned how to assist a person’s learning process by identifying their goals, obstacles, achievements, and giving effective advice or feedback for each of them.
Education
Bachelor's Degree - Sociology, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Earlham College
Richmond, IN05.2026
Study Abroad Experience -
Universidad Andrés Bello
Santiago, Chile05.2024
Skills
- Fluent in Japanese: I am a native speaker of the Japanese language, and I am able to assist student ad teachers in a Japanese class
- Team collaboration: I am able to work with other people as team For example, in the research experience in summer 2025, I worked together with other research assistants to remodel a bathroom to be more accessible regardless of the gender or one's ability or disability
- Educational assistance: I am able to assist teachers and students so that they will have a positive and productive teaching and learning experience within and beyond classroom I gained and enhanced these skills through working as a teaching assistant in PLUSBEYOND Co, Ltd, and Earlham College Japanese department
- Adaptability and flexibility: I have lived and studied in 4 countries since high school and I have made the most out of it each time
Timeline
Teaching Assistant, Japanese Department
Earlham College
08.2025 - Current
Research Assistant, Engineering Department
Earlham College
05.2025 - 07.2025
Teaching Assistant
Tomoni (PLUS.BEYOND Co., Ltd.)
03.2024 - 04.2025
Assistant Archivist
Earlham College Lilly Library Friends Collection and College Archives
08.2022 - Current
Bachelor's Degree - Sociology, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Earlham College
Study Abroad Experience -
Universidad Andrés Bello